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(From United States Consul Van Buren, Nice, France.) /
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There are several macaroni manufactories in Nice, and- thigh Porth eX g
sume about 33,000 pounds of macaroni flour, or ‘tsemoule?, perday.. ‘3
Up to a few years ago, the supply of hard wheat from", hich this &gt;
flour is made came almost exclusively from Russia, but [ately dont * 4
siderable quantities have been brought from Tunis and Algeria: = a
The principal flour mills in this region are at Marseilles. There
is but one mill of comparative importance at Nice, which grinds
about 66,000 pounds of all kinds of wheat daily. Only a limited
quantity of the hard wheat is milled at Nice, almost the entire supply
 of the flour coming from Marseilles.
Macaroni manufacturers are paying for their flour at present at
the rate of 31 francs ($5.98) per 220 pounds, while the hard wheat is
selling at 22.75 francs ($4.39) per 220 pounds, duty paid, delivered
on the quay.
It would appear from the foregoing data that a market should
exist at Nice for not less than goo tons of hard wheat per month, and
that it should be only a question of price that such wheat should be
imported direct. One fact is incontrovertible, viz, the wheat and
flour actually used here do not come through first, nor perhaps
second, hands, and it is judicious to assume that direct importations
of staples to this port should obtain the same benefits as manufactured
articles coming direct, in the way of lower prices. This in turn
would mean increased consumption, which would encourage the creation
 of additional milling facilities. This market could very easily
absorb an increased production of macaroni, for much is imported
from Italy and shipped from the interior of France, assuming, and
I think correctly, that the term ‘macaroni’ includes all products
made from the paste of the semoule and which vary only as to the
shapes in which they are molded.
This premised, and coming to the practical part of the question,
I would suggest offers of a bark or brig cargo of from 500 to 600
tons six weeks with quotations c. i. f. Nice. If intending shippers
were to forward here mail samples with a pro forma invoice, this consulate
 would invite the most suitable among the buyers to examine
them, and would then place the parties interested in communication.
HaroLp S. VAN BUREN, Consul.
Nice, FRANCE, October 15, 1903.